There is nothing like getting your first car. This is a pretty important moment in the life of any teen. However, there is one thing that can put a downer on this great experience quickly, and that is car insurance. Lately, a lot of teens (and parents, for that matter) have been noticing the rising cost of car insurance for young drivers. Not only are these high costs making it hard for teens to get Read more…

It’s nearly that time of year again. No, not Christmas (not quite yet anyway). We’re talking about Halloween. But what exactly are we celebrating on October 31st? Is it Dracula’s birthday? Frankenstein and his bride’s wedding anniversary? Who knows. And who cares? It’s an excuse for a party! Here’s a few handy tips on to how to host your very own unforgettable Halloween do. Read on… If you dare! Whoooo-oooooo-oooo! Whoooo-oooo! Whoo…   You get Read more…

If there’s one thing we know about here at Car Rentals, it’s car rentals (it’s where we got our clever name from). And if there’s one thing we like doing, it’s helping our customers get the best deal. So we’ve come up with some fail-safe tips on how to save a few quid. And here they are: •    Hire a car that’s right for you. It might sound obvious, but it can be tempting to Read more…

Millions of dollars are spent globally each year in the design process for new cars. Making them aesthetically pleasing and in keeping with the brand image while being at the cutting edge of aerodynamic efficiency is the goal of all manufacturers. In years gone by, a streamlined car was not as easy to build due to engineering constraints and the lack of computer modelling technology for fluid dynamics. Arguably the need for fuel efficiency wasn’t Read more…

Alright, it is no secret anymore. Petrol costs are getting out of control. It’s getting to the point where it is almost too costly just to drive your car back and forth to work. That is why so many people now find themselves jumping on trains and public buses. However, for those of you that can’t do that (or simply do not want to), your car is the only means of transportation you have. That’s Read more…

We all dream. Some of us might not even remember what we dream about, while others may have the most fantastical nocturnal flights of fancy possible. Nightly trips to a Fantasiae-sque world of imagination the kind that not even Lewis Carroll could have thought up.   The unluckiest of us are only capable of dull dreams, though. Dross so boring that if you told someone about it, they would instantly fall asleep (and no doubt Read more…

Typically, when you go driving, it’s nothing special. You sit in traffic a bit, maybe deal with someone trying to cut you off; just the same old, same old. However, there are some places in the world where you can drive and experience something that you have never felt before. Today, we are going to talk about one such place, and it is called the Col de Turini. First, for those of you that might Read more…

For most people, there is one moment that you will always remember, and that is getting your first car. This is a very exciting time in a person’s life. When you get your first set of wheels, you feel like the possibilities are endless. Like you could go anywhere and do anything. No matter what your first car was, you more than likely loved it. Even if it was a bottom of the barrel used Read more…

We all know how the front of a car looks like a face. Headlights for eyes, the bonnet providing eyebrows and forehead, the grille making the mouth and the badge being the nose. Our human brains have evolved over thousands of years to be highly efficient pattern recognition devices. Primarily for threat and friend awareness this mechanism can have unusual side-effects such as ascribing faces to cars or seeing animals and shapes in the clouds Read more…

We all like a laugh and a joke, don’t we? Absolutely. Some people like telling jokes down the pub, some people are ‘The Office Joker’ (aka ‘That Idiot With The Simpsons Tie That No One Likes’). But what better way to tell a joke that to have it printed and stuck to the bumper of your car? What’s that? ‘Oh God, those bumper stickers are terrible, tacky and rarely ever funny?’ Well, you may have Read more…